'Sent' in the Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,

But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.

But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'

When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.

He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.

Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.

He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."

"Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."

When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."

When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.

Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'

It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.

At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."

He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."

When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.

Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

"Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.

Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.